The Weekender | Aug 10-12

Top 10 things to do this weekend

Beer and fermentation take center stage this weekend. These delicious local sips with fantastic music and showing either your Scandinavian or LGBTQA pride (or both!) make the perfect combination!

Pints Gone Wild: Cascadia Wildland fundraiser

Benefitting the Cascadia Wildlands, join Ninkasi Brewing as part of their Pints for a Cause series. Starting at noon, $1 from every pint sold in the Tasting Room will go directly to the Cascadia Wildlands, which works to protect and preserve the wild lands and ecosystems around the Pacific Northwest.

Drink your fill of mules at Mule Fest at the Tap & Growler this weekend. Taste their mule-tastic experiments, all served in the traditional copper cup. There will also be live music by Breakers Yard on Thursday and Tim McLaughlin on Saturday.

Learn the art of fermentation with the Shelton McMurphey Johnson House as part of their Suburban Homecraft series. You’ll learn how to naturally preserve vegetables the way the pioneers did and how to ferment natural fruit beverages and naturally corned beef. Register on their website before all the spots fill up!

Show your LGBTQA pride at the Eugene-Springfield PRIDE Festival this Saturday. Hosted by Fabulous Diva Simone Slaughter and KEZI’s Bryan Anderson, join them for speeches, performances from Soulicisious and the Gay Men’s Chorus (among others), drag entertainment, and much much more!

Presented by Alpine Stream Construction, head east this Saturday for the 10thannual Oakridge Keg and Cask Festival! There will be delicious food trucks, live music, and of course, beer and wines galore! Enjoy your favorites or find something new in their collection of contributing breweries, wineries, and cideries!

Continuing this weekend, enjoy free Shakespeare in the park. This year, they’ll be presenting performances of A Midsummer’s Night Dream, directed by Sharon Se’love. Performances are Saturday and Sunday evenings through August.

Finishing this weekend, celebrate the American music greats at the Shedd with their annual Oregon Festival of American Music (OFAM). They’re continuing their theme from last year: In the Hands of the Muses: Tributes to Songbook Masters and Mentors. The festival is full of talks, live perfromances, films, and much more to pay homage to our country’s musical legacy. Here’s what’s going on this week (see their website for ticketing details):

OFAM | August 1-11 | John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, 868 High St. | See website for ticketing information | theshedd.org

Scandinavian Festival

Every year, Junction City celebrates heritage with the Scandinavian Festival. It will be a fully packed weekend of fun for everyone with musical and dance performances across three stages, infinite food and drink options, demonstrations, costume displays, community dances, photo opportunities, and much much more. Here’s a selection of what you can expect from this weekend dedicated to northern Europe. See their website for a full list of activities and performances.